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Ivana Vanjak Season 2013
PositionOH
Height6-4
ClassFreshman
HometownBad Soden, Germany
As a Redshirt Junior (2016) • National Champions
- Transitioned back to outside hitter this season after playing middle in 2015
- Posted a career-high 13 kills and five digs against No. 10 Purdue (Sept. 9)
- Led the team with 10 kills and six digs at Pacific (Sept. 17)
- Recorded 11 kills and four digs in the Pac-12 opener at Cal (Sept. 20)
- Registered a career-best seven digs to go with five kills and a season-high five blocks at Oregon State (Sept. 23)
- Hit .316 with nine kills, three digs and two blocks versus Utah (Oct. 9)
- Totaled eight kills and three blocks in a sweep at No. 19 Utah (Nov. 5)
- Tied her career-high with 13 kills versus No. 13 UCLA (Nov. 12)
- Hit .455 with 11 kills in the first round of the NCAA Tournament versus Denver (Dec. 2)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015)
- Transitioned from an outside hitter to a middle blocker during the preseason
- Started 19 matches, appearing in 109 sets
- Ranked seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.24 blocks per set
- Recorded eight blocks in the season opener versus Texas A&M (Aug. 28)
- Tallied a career-high three digs in a win over No. 6 Illinois (Sept. 4)
- Posted a career-best eight kills on a .429 hitting percentage at North Carolina (Sept. 10)
- Registered a career-high 11 blocks in a five-set win at Duke (Sept. 11)
- Notched six blocks and three kills in a sweep over No. 24 Pacific (Sept. 19)
- Led the team with nine blocks in a win at No. 14 Arizona (Sept. 30)
- Hit .750 with six kills and two blocks in a win versus No. 4 Washington (Oct. 21)
- Posted a .600 attack percentage with six kills and six blocks in a sweep over No. 14 Arizona State (Oct. 28)
- Went 7-0-10 (.700) and racked up six blocks in a win at Washington State (Nov. 15)
- Tied her career-high with eight kills on .545 hitting against Cal (Nov. 25)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Redshirt Freshman (2014)
- Made her collegiate debut against Duke (Sept. 12)
- Recorded two kills on six attempts in a sweep over Penn (Sept. 13)
- Logged her first career start against Eastern Washington (Sept. 19)
- Posted four blocks and her first collegiate ace against the Eagles
As a Freshman (2013)
- Redshirted her first season on The Farm
High School
- A 2013 graduate of Albert-Einstein-Schule in Schwalbach, Germany
- Also played basketball and table tennis
- Named Hans-Georg-Mies-Preis, best young athlete of the year in the region Main-Taunus-Kreis
- Named the most promising Croatian athletic talent living abroad by the national newspaper
Club Competition
- Played for TG Bad Soden and VC Wiesbaden
- Team was the runner-up at the German Cup and placed third at the German Bundesliga
- U20 Champion of Hessen and South-West Germany
- U18 team was second at Hessen Championship and third at South-West Championship
National Team Experience
- A member of the Croatian Junior National Team in 2012 and 2013
- Competed at the European World Championship Qualification in Bulgaria in 2013
- Played with the Senior National Team at Maribor in 2013
Personal
- Daughter of Tonci and Valerija Vanjak
- Has three siblings, Antonija, Ana and Ivan
- Her uncle, Josko Vukicevic, played basketball for the Croatian National team and professionally in Europe for Cibona-Zagreb, Zadar, KK Zagreb and Ovarense
- Her sister Ana played volleyball at Cornell University
- Major is chemical engineering
- Enjoys ballet, piano and is fluent in five languages
Career Highs
Kills | 13, 2X, last vs. UCLA (11/12/16) |
Attempts | 35, at Wisconsin (12/10/16) |
Hitting Percentage | .750 (6-0-8), vs. Washington (10/21/15) |
Assists | 1, 14X, last vs. Minnesota (12/15/16) |
Aces | 1, 3X, last at California (9/20/16) |
Digs | 7, 2X, last at Washington (9/28/16) |
Blocks | 11, at Duke (9/11/15) |
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